VrijMiBo op een berg

Het is weekend. Ook al rijden ze je berg voorbij, hij blijft bestaan.
Dichten is fietsen op de Mont Ventoux,

waar Tommy Simpson nog is overleden.

Onder zo tragiese omstandigheden

werd hier de wereldkampioen doodmoe.

Op deze col zijn velen losgereden,

eerste categorie, sindsdien tabu.

Het ruikt naar dennegeur, Sunsilk Shampoo,

die je wel nodig hebt, eenmaal beneden.

Alles is onuitsprekelijk vermoeiend,

de Mont Ventoux opfietsen wel heel erg,

waarvoor ook geldt: bezint eer gij begint. 

Toch haal ik, ook al is de hitte schroeiend,

de top van deze kaalgeslagen berg:

ijdelheid en het najagen van wind.

Prettig weekend. En be nice.

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